As originally reported in The Post, MSG yesterday officially named Billy Jaffe as the analyst for Fox Sports Net’s Islanders broadcasts.

“After a nationwide search, we found a terrific talent in Billy Jaffe,” said Michael Bair, president of MSG Media. “We feel he will immediately connect with Islanders fans.”

Jaffe, the radio analyst for the Atlanta Thrashers since 2000, joins play-by-player Howie Rose in the Islanders booth. Joe Micheletti, who was named the Rangers television analyst on Tuesday, had held the Islanders television analyst position since the 1998-99 season.

Jaffe has been calling hockey games for over nine years, starting in 1997 as the analyst for the Chicago Blackhawk’s radio network. He served as team captain on the silver medal-winning Team USA squad at the World Maccabiah Games in Israel in 1997. He played collegiate hockey for the University of Michigan from 1987-89, and then worked as an on-ice official for the CCHA from 1989-1993.